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Parents 'let down' Over Alder Hey BBC - December 15 2004

Human Tissue Bill in Standing Committee G - Government Debate

Government Retreat on Human Organ Use TimesOnline - April 26 2004

In the wake of Alder Hey The Guardian - 17 April 2004

Milburn quits Government Sky News - June 12 2003

Reid named new Health Secretary - June 12 2003

Blair rings changes in historic reshuffle BBC News - June 12 2003

Milburn first to go by Elinor Goodman Channel 4 News - June 12 2003

Hopes for new organs law by Ian Hernon and Helen Clarke, Liverpool Echo - May 1 2003

Parents' outrage at absence of minister by Suzanne Elsworth Daily Post Staff - Feb 28 2003

Alder Hey's 'lessons learned' Liverpool Echo - Feb 28 2003

Apology today - at last by Suzanne Elsworth Daily Post Staff - Feb 27 2003

Grim catalogue of horror and blunders by Louise Douglas, Daily Post Staff - Nov 6 2002

Baby ordeal mum says thanks for memorial Ormskirk Advertiser - Sep 26 2002

Memorial to Alder Hey children to be unveiled - Sep 21 2002

Exhibition linked to organ scandal 'insensitive' by Debbie James, Daily Post - Aug 12 2002

Doctor faces new inquiry by Nicky Tabarn, Liverpool Echo - Jul 19 2002

NHS managers' code of ethics drawn up in wake of scandals Daily Post - May 24 2002

Family's anger over Alder Hey blunder by Claire Tolley Daily Post Staff - May 14 2002

Shock at latest Alder Hey revelation by Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo - May 13 2002

Riddle of 4,500 child organs by Claire Tolley Daily Post Staff - May 7 2002

University must give organ scandal details by Liz Hull Daily Post Correspondent - Apr 20 2002

Health chief faces suffering parents by Laura Davis Daily Post Staff - Mar 22 2002

Organ families attack 'delay' by Rob Brady, Liverpool Echo - Mar 22 2002

Alder Hey group's outrage at corpse exhibition Daily Post - Mar 12 2002

Alder Hey parents could sue University by Claire Tolley Daily Post Staff - Mar 5 2002

Sacked hospital boss to appeal by Maria Breslin Daily Post Correspondent - Feb 6 2002

Organ scandal - parents wait for apology by Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo - Jan 31 2002

Still waiting for action by Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo - Jan 30 2002

Alder Hey doctor may face charges by Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo - Dec 14 2001

Minister denies scapegoat claim Liverpool Echo - Nov 27 2001

Professor 'must quit over organ scandal' by Tariq Tahir, Political Correspondent, Daily Post - Nov 22 2001

Alder Hey chief is sacked icLiverpool - Nov 21 2001

Alder Hey scandal rolls on by Ian Hernon, Liverpool Echo - Nov 21 2001

Alder Hey's chief is guilty of misconduct by Julia Holmes Daily Post Staff - Nov 20 2001

Organ scandal family service Daily Post - Nov 2 2001

Off The Hook by Liz Hull And Mark Thomas, Liverpool Echo - Oct 18 2001

Doctor's apology to organ patient by Health Reporter, Liverpool Echo - Sep 13 2001

Scandal doctor's hearing delayed by Claire Tolley, Daily Post - Aug 1 2001

Hospitals to release organs by Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo - Jul 19 2001

Service for organ scandal children by Emma Bird, Daily Post - Jul 18 2001

Fury at organ probe delays by Julia Holmes, Daily Post - Jun 14 2001

Police in Alder Hey scandal probe by Louise Douglas, Daily Post - Jun 12 2001

I have to be sure Daily Post - Mar 28 2001

Van Velzen's therapy by Paul Kennedy and Alan Jewell, Daily Post - Mar 20 2001

16 Doctors in organ quiz by Paul Kennedy, Liverpool Echo - Mar 15 2001

Scandal doctors face probe Daily Post - Mar 15 2001

Organs commission faces tough task by Sol Buckner, Daily Post - Feb 23 2001

Van Velzen may face theft charges Daily Post - Feb 19 2001

Organs e-mail officer rapped by Richard Felton, Liverpool Echo - Feb 13 2001

Alder Hey stops return of organs by Emma Bird, Daily Post - Feb 6 2001

Van Velzen: 'I'm not to blame' - Feb 5 2001

'I was deceived' says ex chief Daily Post - Feb 1 2001

Helpline deluged by parents - Feb 1 2001

"I put organs in bag and ran" Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Alder Hey relatives demand apology - Jan 31 2001

The full horror of the scandal by Louise Douglas and Philippa Bellis, Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Emotional families praise crackdown by Philippa Bellis and Brendan Carlin, Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Hospital chief suspended Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Dilemma over criminal charges Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Coroner must share some of blame Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

'Our lives touched for ever' Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

Full truth may never be known Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

100,000 body parts in England Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

How the scandal unfolded Daily Post - Jan 31 2001

A bloody disgrace Liverpool Echo - Jan 30 2001

Build bridges with Alder Hey Daily Post - Jan 30 2001

Pledge on 'grotesque' report Daily Post - Jan 29 2001

Alder Hey passed on live glands Daily Post - Jan 26 2001

Council probe slur on Liverpool Daily Post - Jan 16 2001

Anger over Alder Hey summit Daily Post - Jan 12 2001

Trial wait for scandal professor by Paul Kennedy, Daily Post - Jan 4 2001

No repeat of the organs scandal by Louise Douglas Health Correspondent, Daily Post - Dec 21 2000

Alder Hey report pledge Daily Post - Dec 13 2000

Minister to meet Alder Hey parents Liverpool Echo - Dec 13 2000

 

PITY II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
at Alder Hey Hospital (Liverpool, UK). It aims to provide self help support and advice to affected families.


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